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Large woven mat, probably from Hawai'i. Likely made with pandanus leaves. Classic "check" method of weaving with diamond-shaped pattern created using dark and light colored strips of plant material. Woven mats are important items in many Pacific Island cultures, extending beyond domestic use to ceremonial and status-related purposes as well.
coverings
reed (grass, material)
Mat
"15.50" (small paper label stapled to lower right corner with "15.50" written in pencil.)
Original To Stephen Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Unknown
Pacific Island Group
72 x 86 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3677
Memoirs of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum Press, Volume II, No. 1 - on Google Books
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